Bronski, Pellegrini, and Amico break down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and genderqueer people and their lives. They unpack such enduring, popular, and deeply held U.S. myths such as "all religions condemn homosexuality," which is commonly used to justify discrimination and oppression, or "LGBT people are born that way, which was adopted by LGBT communities and their allies as a soundbite. By discussing and dispelling these myths--including gay-positive ones--Bronski, Pellegrini, and Amico challenge readers to question their own beliefs and to grapple with the complexities of what it means to be queer in the broadest social, political, and cultural sense.